Senior Partnership Accountant

BCLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BCLP in New York is seeking a motivated Senior Partner Accountant to join the Partnership Accounting team. You will support global partnership accounting, including partner reconciliations, profit allocations, capital management, and partner payments, with regular interaction with Partners in US and UK.

The role involves multi-currency reconciliations to Elite 3E and collaboration with US/UK teams. You will contribute to process improvements and ensure accurate financial reporting for partners.

Qualifications

• Part or fully qualified accountant; desirable but not essential.
• Experience in partnership accounting within professional services or law firms.
• Minimum seven years relevant experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and process partner payments and prepare individual statements.
• Manage partner capital and related loans, including annual capital calls.
• Assist budgets and cash flows for partner remuneration and firm cash flow.
• Prepare partner journals and reconciling accounts with Elite 3E.
• Attend induction/outgoing meetings with partners and coordinate with US/UK teams.
• Work with Senior Manager to standardize approaches and drive process improvements.
• Support Global Partnership Tax and Payroll Director and handle accounting queries.
• Cover tasks for absent colleagues and assist during busy periods.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Initiative

Communication skills

Multitask

Independent work

Time management

Prioritization

Flexibility

Education

Part or fully qualified accountant

Job description

At BCLP, we’ve built our firm on the foundations of thinking differently. Curious, inquisitive, and unbound by tradition, we are continuously evolving the way we support our people and manage risk across the firm.

Our people are at the center of everything we do, which is why We are seeking a motivated and detail oriented Senior Partner Accountant to join our Partnership Accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build on their existing experience within a leading law firm.

The role supports the firm’s global partnership accounting and partner finance activities, including partner account reconciliations, profit allocations, capital management and partner payments. The position involves regular internal interaction with Partners and close collaboration with colleagues in the UK and US.

The role will have responsibility for multi-currency reconciliations to Elite 3E in transaction, unit and firm currencies, along with performing global accounting procedures and tasks that are unique to Partners.

About the Team

The team supports all aspects of partnership accounting across the firm globally. This includes partner services, calculation and payment of partner profit allocations, management of partnership capital and related loans, tax reserving, and the reconciliation and analysis of partner accounts.

Key Relationships

The Partnership Accounting and Tax team is split between the US and UK and sits within the wider Finance and Accounting Department. The successful candidate will work closely with the three other Partner Accounting Coordinators, one other Senior Partnership Accountant, the Partner Accounting Senior Manager and the Global Partnership Tax and Payroll Director. They will also work with the Partnership Tax team, and will need to build good relationships with the Financial Controllers, the Financial Accounting team and the Cash Operations team.

Key Responsibilities

• Partners’ services including calculating and processing partner payments and preparation of individual partner statements.
• Calculate, monitor and maintain partner capital, including the annual capital call, arranging loan finance drawdown and capital repayments.
• Assisting with budgets and cash flows for partner remuneration and firm cash flow.
• Preparation of partner journals and reconciling individual partner accounts to the cash and accrual balances within Elite 3E.
• Induction and outgoing meetings with partners to go over their financials.
• Working closely with the Partner Accounting Senior Manager to ensure a consistent approach between US and non-US partners and assisting with identification and implementation of process improvements.
• Providing assistance to the Global Partnership Tax and Payroll Director and Partner Accounting Senior Manager.
• Assisting with audit and accounting queries in relation to partners.
• Ability to cover tasks for other team members when they are out of the office and to assist team members during busy periods.

Experience and Knowledge

• Part or fully qualified accountant desirable but not essential.
• Demonstrable experience of all or most of the key tasks outlined above.
• Minimum of seven years relevant experience working within a professional services or accountancy practice in a similar role, ideally a partnership accounting role within a law firm.

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Advanced spreadsheet knowledge using Microsoft Excel skills are required.
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy are essential.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Ability to use initiative and adapt to new processes and change.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, both verbally and written, with the ability to multitask and critically review.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Time management and forward planning skills, with an ability to priorities tasks in a fast-paced environment with changing work priorities.
• Flexibility of standard hours as required to ensure deadlines are met.

At BCLP we understand the value of a workforce with diverse perspectives and experiences, and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our robust client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, political belief, disability or any other applicable protected characteristic.

• Signee to the United Nations’ Global LGBTQ* Standard of Conduct for Business
• Named by Stonewall as a “Top Global Employer 2025”
• BCLP has received a top score in the HRCF’s Corporate Equality Index for 19 years. On the 2023-2024 index we scored 95%.

BCLP is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Firm strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, military status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation or medical conditions related thereto), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. The Firm also strictly prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any protected class or status. The Firm complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting applications for employment, including consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state law. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on BCLP. Please inform the Firm's personnel representative if you need accommodation to assist in completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

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